The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-11

injured on Saturday by being - eek by Imb
ofh tree. He died last evening.
A murder end suicide occurred in san
Francisco on last Thursday. Andrew Felts
shot his wife aud then himself Both died
in a few miustes. Mrs. Felts kept saloon.
not living with her husband Jealousy
prompted the crime
John Michaels, a prisoner who was con.
vieJed in Hamilton county and sentenced to
ten years in the Ohio peniteutiry. was par
odned last week by the Governor It was dis
covered that M.chae5s was not che man who
should have been convicted for the ofense.
Natural gas was to day struck at a we'll
al / Lswj>burE lust back Of Coviugton, Ky,
in large Quantities. The flow now is about
500. 600 feet day The people are much
excited. Should the developments equal 10
the promise it will be a great boom to Gov
ington and Cincinnati.
Two Baltimore and OHIO trains colIided
at Newark, O., Wednesday night. SeVeraI
freight cars were demolished aud an engine
badly wrecked. A brakeman named SnOd-
grass was knocked into the air 20 feet, re-
ceiving in the fall broken les, lacerated
side and internal injuries. It is thought his
injuries will prove fatal.
William De Forest, of Rochester, Pa.
and his brother, James, Of Allegheny, re-
ceived word Saturday through the London
Claim Company. located in New York,
that their great-graudfather had died in
France, leaving a large fortune. There are
no other heirs living William De Forest
leaves tomorrow for New York to investi-
gate the matter.
At st Petersburg, Clarion county Sat
urdav afternoon, David King shot and in
stautly killed James / Davis in the house
Of a woman named DinSmOre. Davis had
Just returned from st Louis and found
Kf~g occupying his place in the affections
Of N-s Dinsmorp, and upon meeting King
tho 'ner qnauelad, when King snot Davis.
King surrendered and was taken to Clarion
Jail tonight.
The rabbit foot superstition is well
developed in the South. Recently when
officers raided gambling room in South
prn city a rabbits foot was captured, and
the other day in Lod,vile an offender was
brought before a police magistrate charged
with drunkenness and disorderlv conduct,
and was asked why ~ cot drunk. He re-
piled that a few days since lie had lost his
/ rabbit foot" and since that time bad met
with a series Of uhiucky Incidents, which
eliminated IN a big spree.
/ A miner named Lewis has been from
. his home near Ne~burg, West Va, for the
! last two weeks, and 70 trace can be found
/ of him He left his home one night and
+ was seen to enter saloon, since when moth
ing has been heard Of him. He had just
/ drawn the pay for his months work, and it
is believed by some that he has been robbed
and murdered A shot was heard in the
vicinity of the saloon that night which has
not been explained.
/ Not far from Tahlequah, / T., 3-year-
old brcama lost in the woods in the after
noon. and was not found dntil noon next
day, at which time the youngster was discov
cred about six mil. $ distant playing around
an old tree top, with one shoe off and his
hat lost The little fellow seemed happy.
As he caunor talk plain. they could Lot find
out how ua had arioyed his nights rest in
the woods. whether he walked al night OF
slept aud the night was cold a. d frosty
one How he escaped being dnvoursd by
the numrrous wolves Of the ngighborhOOd
. Is another mystery.
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April. 1886, and who, with her children, oc-
cupied portion Of the old railroad station